51. Stokes, William.

Traité des Maladies du Coeur et de L’Aorte [First French edition of “Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta”]. Ouvrage traduit, avec L’Autorisation de l’auteur par le Dr. Sénac.

Première édition française [First french edition]. Paris, Adrien Delahaye, 1864. 8°. XIX, 716 pages. Hardcover / Original Demi-chagrin noir (reliure de l’époque). Bel exemplaire, très frais.

52. Verheyen, Philippe.

Corporis Humani Anatomiae [Two Volumes in One – Bound with: Supplementum anatomicum sive anatomiae corporis humani liber secundus]. With 46 plates / medical engravings.

Editio secunda. Two Volumes in One (complete). Bruxelles / Brussels, Fratres t’Serstevens, 1710. Quarto (17 cm x 20 cm). Volume I: Frontispice, [30], 400 pages / Volume II: XV, 428, [12] pages. Hardcover / Original, contemporary parchment. Plates complete and with some general browning. Besides a minor discoloration to the frontboard, in very good condition of one of the most important anatomical compendiums of the 17th and 18th century, effectively replacing Bartholinus. with only minor signs of external wear. Three signs of previous owners through the centuries (Bookplate of H C Lohmann / Manuscript entry by Joh. Caspar Metzger on the titlepage and manuscript ownership-entry from the 18th century by one Christopher Harden to pastedown.

53. Williams, John Calthrop.

Practical Observations on Nervous and Sympathetic Palpitation of the Heart, as well as on Palpitation the Result of Organic Disease.

Second Edition. London, John Churchill, 1852. Octavo. VII, 207 pages with a 32 page catalogue of John Curchill’s publications to the rear. Modern Hardcover (green half maroquin) in custom made solander box. Remarkably rare book that has been extensively restored by master bookbindery “George Bayntun” in Bath, England. The pages have been all singlely restored and “japanese-paper-tissued”.

54. Willius, Frederick and Thomas J. Dry.

A History of the Heart and Circulation.

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders & Co., 1948. 15 cm x 24 cm. XVII, 456 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent – super condition of the rare edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner W.S.Chisholm on pastedown.